Parlor game.



- PARLOR GAME.

lApplication filed Oct. 12, 1899.,-

(no Model.)

Patented Apr. 30, 190|.

lah?

70B Ess To HOLE ouT 8 on oven To HOLE om F 6 1 7&@10/ a, 2 5

1 a wa' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. HILL, OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.

PARLOR GAME.

SPECIFICATION zforming part of Letters Patent N o. 673,080, dated April30, 1901.

Application filed October l2, 1899. Serial No. 733,408. (No model.)

T0 all whom, t nfl/ty concern/f Be it known that I, CHARLES SoU'rHwosTHHILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Highland Park, in thecounty of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Parlor Games, of which the following is aspecification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of mynovel game board or sheet. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one form ofmarker, to be hereinafter more particularly described, that may beemployed in connection with the other parts of my novel device.

My invention relates to socalled parlor games, and it particularlyrelates to what may be called miniature golf, in the playing of whichthe success of the player' is determined by means of chance; and to thatend it consists in the features of construction and combinationhereinafter to be more particularly described, and set forth in theclaims hereto annexed.

The game o'f golf being so generally played, I will therefore assume forthe purpose of briefly describing myinvention that golf and golf termsare commonlyunderstood.v

In the game of my invention I prefer to use a printed or other miniaturerepresentation of a golf course, of any suitable size, having as manylinks or holes, with their respective teeinggrounds and puttinggrounds,and as many bunkers or other hazards as desired. At intervals uponthisillustrated course numbersor other means 'are employed to designatethe points at which the player7 following the rule of play, may haveoccasion to place his marker to indicate his progress in the game, thedirection and length of movement (if any) being determined by anysuitable means of chance, as by lthe throwingof dice,spinningasuitableteetotum, drawing a playing-card or slip of paper, &c., all of saiddevices or whichever is used being marked to correspond with the abovedescribed markings on the course.

In the preferred form of my device I em` ploy a pictured nine-holecourse, each of the links being marked with two columns of numerals,(which may be any 0f the first siX,) suitable spaces beingleft betweenthe columns and the figures forming the same.

Referring to the drawings, A is a teeingground; B,marked fai r-green C,a bunker; D, a putting-ground; E, a hole; F, a marker; G H, hazards; thenumerals l 2 3 4 5 6, points to which the player may have occasion tomove said marker to indicate his progress in the game. Assuming themarker to be at Aand the player having cast a dice, the six-spotremaining uppermost, the player moves-that is to say, his marker ismoved-to the numeral 6 nearest the teeing-ground-that is, to a. Assumingthe dice to be again thrown and the two-spot turned up, the marker isthen moved tothe 2 nearest above-that is to say, to cl/ and so on.Should the cast of the dice carry the players marker into the` bunkerCorhazards G H,any suitable penalty may be attached therefor-as, forinstance, a

return be necessitated to any given point, as c, or the player lose thedistance and play the next or one more. Should the cast of the dicecarry the marker to the green D, two dice may then be employed, the sumof the numbersthrcwn indicating that the player has holed out or hasfailed to do so, according to the position of his marker upon the greenand the number required to be thrown i at that point to send the ball(marker) into the hole.

As seen from the foregoing description, in moving the marker forward itmay be necessary to also move it to the right or left of the course,Where two or more columns of figures are employed, thus representingslicing or pulling, as the case may be, While should there be no numberon the course above the position of the marker corresponding with thenumber cast the cast may be said to represent a miss.

It is obvious that the game may be made to closely approximate golf; butit will always diler therefrom in that golf is played by striking a ballwith a club held in the hands of the player, and the success of theplayer depends upon the judgment shown by him in the selection of theproper club for the lie, in the direction to be given the ball and theaccurate estimate of the distance to be covered, and in the degree ofmuscular skill exercised in addressing and in hitting the ball, and itfurther depends u'pon the conditions of the IOO weather and the grounds,the stance and swing, and the health of the player, While in the game ofmy invention the success of the player is determined by and entirelydependent upon chance.

It is obvious that a teetotnm, dice, cards, slips of paper, or othersuitable marked or colored means of chance, or several of them, may beseparately or simultaneously employed; that any reasonable number ofplayers may play upon each link or upon differentV links at the sametime; that the possible moves on each link may be of any number and beindicated by any suitable means corresponding With the marked or coloredmeans of chance employed and be indicated upon the course in any desirednumber of columns or in any suitable manner; that any number of themarkings or colors forming a part of the means of chance may be omittedfrom any link or that they may all be employed; that when numerals areemployed they may be as many and of any value desired; that the coursemay consist of one or more links of any suitable dimensions; that Whentwo or more columns of numerals or other positionindicating means areemployed the course need not be pictured, but the various positions beindicated on any suitable surface; that any small movable object may beused in place of the marker F; that lines or other additional means maybe employed to assist the player in readily locating the variouspositions on the course or that said means may be (and when a picturedcourse is employed they preferably are) omitted; that the hazards maybeas many and of any character desired; that a play into any of thehazards may occasion any suitable penalty therefor, and that the rulesemployed to govern the game and the length and direction of movementsmade by the player may be greatly varied Without departing from theprinciple of the invention.

I prefer to use a marker of novel construction consisting of a circularor other suitablyshaped piece of glass, mica, or other transparentmaterial f, encompassed by a metal or othersuitable rim or frame f'. Theobject of said construction is to render the marker transparent, so thatthe underlying surface and the numerals or other marks covered by saidmarker will be visible therethrough, the metal or other rim acting as aguard for the transparent portion of the device and serving to slightlyelevate said transparent portion above the underlying surface.

To avoid repetition of terms, it will be understood that the wordsplayer, marker, and indicator are synonymous wherever the same or any ofthem are employed herein.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecu re by Letters Patent, is-

l. A parlor game of golf comprising a board or sheet having thereon ateeing-ground, a hole, a fair-green, and separate series ofindicating-marks representing pulling or slicing, substantially asdescribed.

2. A parlor game of golf comprising a board or sheet having thereon a'seeing-ground, a hole, a fair-green, and position -indicating meansrepresenting pulling and slicing, substantially as described.

3. A parlor golf game comprising a board or sheet having thereon ateeing-ground, a fair-green, and a hole, said fair-green havingindicated thereon separate series of positioning-marks, substantially asdescribed.

4. A parlor golf game comprising a board or sheet having indicatedthereon a teeingground, a fair-green and a hole, said fair-green havingtwo longitudinally-arranged separate series of positioning-marks,substantially as described.

5. A parlor golf game comprising a board or sheet having thereon ateeing-ground, a fair-green and a hole said fair-green having twolongitudinally-arranged separate series of position-indicating marks,substantially as described.

6. A parlor game comprising a board or sheet having thereon ateeing-ground, a fairgreen, and a hole said fair-green having parallelseries of positioning-marks, the corresponding marks of the series beingdierent, substantially as described.

CHARLES S. HILL.

Witnesses:

M. A. KENNEDY, JOHN W. HILL.

